Analysts polled by Reuters had expected first quarter gross
domestic product (GDP) to grow 6.1% on an annual basis.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico dela Cruz; Writing
by Karen Lema; Editing by Martin Petty)
MANILA, May 11 (Reuters) - The Philippine economy
expanded 6.4% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the
statistics agency said on Thursday, weaker than the previous
quarter's downwardly revised 7.1% growth.
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